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No. 499,982. Patented June 20, 1893.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. GARRIGUS, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E.MOVAY AND \VILLIAM H. PLUMLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,982, dated June 20,1893. Application filed February 2,1895% Serial I TO. 460,724. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. GARRIGUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple, efficientand practicable trace 1o holder, which can be employed on sin gle-treesof any ordinary form or construction and when applied will lie close tothe single-tree to present aneat appearance, while the spiral spring forretaining the swinging arm of the holder in its normal, closed positionis housed and protected from dust, dirt, rain and snow.

To accomplish this object my invention consists in the combination of aplate having screw holes and formed integral at one end with an arched,closed housing or casing provided with side walls and an opening orpassage, a cross pin secured at its ends in the side walls or housing ofthe casing, a swing ing arm mounted at its inner end on the cross pinand provided at its outer end with a projecting shouldered pin adaptedto enter to a limited extent an orifice formed in the end portion of thesingle tree, a spiral spring arranged on the cross pin in the housing or0 casing and formed intermediate its coiled portions with a'loop bearingagainst the back of the swinging arm, whereby the shouldered pin isnormally held in engagement with the orifice in the single-tree forretaining a trace 3 5 upon the latter.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1, is a perspective view of a portion tion of asingle-tree havingmyimproved trace 4o holder attached thereto. Fig. 2, is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3, is

a detail perspective View looking at the in:

side of the housing or casing. Fig. 4, is a detail perspective View ofthe spiral spring, and

5 Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of the swinging arm of the traceholder.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my inventionI will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings,wherein- The numeral 1 indicates a single-tree having its end portionadapted to receive a trace and provided with an orifice 2, for receiving1 the extremity of a shouldered pin hereinafter described, by which thetrace is held upon 5 the single tree.

The improved trace holder comprises a flat metallic plate 3, havingscrew holes 4 for the passage of screws by which to securethe plate tothe single-tree. The flat plate is formed integral at one end portionwith an arched,

closed housing or casing 5 having side walls 6 and a rectilinear openingor passage 7, Fig.

3, through which projects the swinging arm 8. A cross pin 9 is arrangedin the housing or casing and has its ends secured in the side walls 6and the inner end of the swinging arm 8 is provided with an eye 10through which the cross pin passes, in such manner that the arm 8 canswing or oscillate on the cross pin. The outer end portion of theswinging arm is provided with a projecting pin 12 having a shoulder.13near its outer end portion, which pin is adapted to enter the orifice 2until the shoulder 13 rests upon the single-tree, where- 7 5 by theentrance of the pin 12 into the orifice 2, is limited by the shoulder13. The swinging arm is held in normal position with its pin 12 in theorifice 2 of the single-tree, through the medium of a spiral springcomprising two coiled portions 14, encircling hubs 10*, at the inner endof the swinging arm. The ends 14, of the wire spring bear against theinside of the-plate 3. The wire composing these coiled portions 14 isformed into a loop 15, which extends outward through the opening orpassage 7 and embraces and bears against the swinging arm Satapointbetween the cross pin 9 and the shouldered pin 12, so that theresiliency of the spiral spring described forces the pin 12 into theorifice 2 of the single-tree. The housing or casing 5 having closed sidewalls 6 serves to house and conceal the coiled portion of the spring andthereby protects such coiled portion of the 5 4 spring and also thepivotal point of the swinging arm 8, from dust, dirt, rain and snow,which is a very desirable feature of construction in a trace holder,because the dust and dirt would interfere with the proper action of theparts and rain or snow would rust the spring and render the action ofthe swinging arm imperfect.

The construction of the parts is such that the holder lies closely tothe single-tree and presents a neat appearance and all undue projectingpoints likely to entangle the hairs of the animals tail are avoided.

The improved trace holder is simple, efiicient and in practicable usewill be found perfectly satisfactory. The flat plate with its housingcan be cast in a single piece and theswinging arm with its shoulderedpin may also be cast in a single piece so that the traceholder orfastener is susceptible of being economically manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A trace holder,consisting of a plate formed integral at one end with an arched, closedhousing or casing having side walls and an opening or passage, a crosspin secured at its ends in the side walls of the housing or casing, aswinging arm mounted at its inner end outhe cross pin, projectingthrough the opening or passage in the housing or casing and having itsouter end portion provided with a pin adapted to enter an orifice in asingle-tree, and a spiral spring arranged on the cross pin in thehousingor casing and formed with a loop which projects through theopening or passage in the housing or casing and bears against the backof the swinging arm, substantially as described.

2. A trace holder, consisting of a plate having screw holes and formedintegral at one end with an arched, closed housing or casing having sidewalls and an opening or passage, a cross pin secured at its ends in theside walls of the housing or casing, a swingingarm mounted at its innerend on the cross pin, projecting through the opening or passage in thehousing or casing and having its outer end portion provided with a pinhaving a shoulder to limit-the insertion of the pin into an orifice inthe single-tree, and aspiral spring arranged on the cross pin in thehousing or casing and formed intermediate its coiled portions with aloop which projects through the opening or passage in the housing orcasing and embraces and bears against the swinging arm, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLESH. GARRIGUS. [L. 3.]

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. MoVAY, NATHAN T. PUSEY.

